Ham, Potato and Corn Chowder

Are you ready for soup? I am!

That is why I am starting my fall soup-a-thon with a luscious ham, potato and corn chowder that is not only filling but very lovely in color and texture too!

For me this soup started with ham that needed used up in my frig. And then I had 2 potatoes left from the 5 lb. bag. The corn … well, it came off the cob from a dinner earlier in the week. Do you see where I am going with this?

I thought I was being really clever. Surely no one had ever thought of a “ham and potato” CORN chowder. Right? So I Googled those three ingredients and much to my surprise “Voila!” there are all kinds of chowder recipes floating around with my 3 ingredients! Go figure.

After reading through a few recipes I settled on the chowder recipe by Kevin Lynch. I made a couple of changes but all-in-all this is a keeper recipe. I’ve made it twice and shared with friends. This is one of those soups that keeps getting better with each passing day. About 5 days after I made it we had the last little bit for lunch. My sous-chef dish-washing mom and Chief Soup Eater both agreed it was perfectly aged.

Catherine..happened(?) never! but drawn onto your site. Loved your Ps verse and the recipes look SO GOOD.. I hope to be back and check more when time allows. is that your Mom?? You are blessed. She looks great and quite young but I see some similar traits in she and I. I am 71 and blessed.

Deanna, so thankful you found my website however it was you got here. Yes, the picture is of my 84-year old sous-chef dish-washing mom. She is amazing and is actually doing the supper dishes right now! That doesn’t even sound like a good daughter but actually she insists on playing an active role in the household chores. We are blessed! (Did I mention she does all the ironing. yikes!)